Ms. Swanson’s degrees include a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education from Youngstown State University as well as a Master of Music and Post Graduate Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She relocated to Houston to commence a Doctorate of Music Arts at the University of Houston u…

Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez has been a master-class clinician at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and has studied guitar technique & performed with world-renown Belgian guitarist Bert Lams of the California Guitar Trio and American guitarist Curt Golden of the League of Crafty Guitarists. He has also studied m…

Shauna Sweeney grew up listening to folk songs around campfires and 90’s pop on the radio. With those influences, and the support of family and great teachers, it was no surprise when she began writing and performing songs while still in elementary school. In her teen years, she picked up an acoustic guitar…

Alvin began his musical endeavors at the age of six on the piano and organ. Alvin specialized in teaching Beginning Piano to children and adults of all ages. His music education is affiliated with The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, U…

Carson Talerico was born and raised in Cle Elum, WA where he developed a lifetime passion for music. He began guitar lessons in third grade and picked up the drums a couple years later and those instruments have followed him here to Bellevue where he currently resides. Carson also over the years began to reve…

Jaytee at the age of 10 years old received his first snare drum and started learning how to play that thing. In a few short years when he was an 8th grader, his Jr. High School went into the recording studio and “cut” an album! Jaytee played drum kit on 4 of the 6 tracks which meant the two 9th graders, a…

Micah Tappe, an accomplished musician, has been studying piano, guitar, and voice for many years. He currently writes and records his own, all-original music and plays numerous venues in and around the central Florida area.

Being classically trained on piano since the age of 3, singing since the age of 5, …

Meaghan’s first experience with the violin was watching a concert by the Colorado Symphony where the violinist had a solo and that’s when she decided she just had to learn how to play the violin.

Meaghan began learning violin through school where she continued on to play on in competitions and pit orchestr…

Bianca has been playing violin for 15 years and has taught both privately and in group settings for 9 years. Bianca currently attends Florida International University, where she is pursuing a degree in Music Education. Bianca has studied with world-renowned professors, such as Misha Vitenson, MeiMei Luo, Mela…

Averil Taylor holds a bachelors degree in music (trumpet) from Clark Atlanta University. There he had the opportunity to study trumpet with Mr. John Head, principal trumpeter for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for over thirty years. This instruction, combined with the experiences provided by Mr. James Patters…